A flaw was found in Open vSwitch that allows ICMPv6 Neighbor Advertisement packets between virtual machines to bypass OpenFlow rules. This issue may allow a local attacker to create specially crafted packets with a modified or spoofed target IP address field that can redirect ICMPv6 traffic to arbitrary IP addresses.
CVE-2023-5366
Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2023-10-06. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 1.6.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.5
- EG Score
- 7.1(medium)
- EG Risk
- 37(Track)EG Risk 37/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity71% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 32%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 6, 2023
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (12)
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/08/4
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5366
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2006347
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00004.html
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LFZADABUDOFI2KZIRQBYFZCIKH55RGY3/
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VYYUBF6OW2JG7VOFEOROHXGSJCTES3QO/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/08/4
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5366
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2006347
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00004.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LFZADABUDOFI2KZIRQBYFZCIKH55RGY3/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VYYUBF6OW2JG7VOFEOROHXGSJCTES3QO/
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | python3-openvswitch (3.2.2-0ubuntu0.23.10.1) @ mantic | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | python3-openvswitch (2.13.8-0ubuntu1.3) @ focal | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| redhat | openvswitch3.2-0:3.2.0-56.el9fdp | 2024-03-07 | redhat |
| redhat | openvswitch3.1-0:3.1.0-96.el8fdp | 2024-03-07 | redhat |
| redhat | openvswitch2.17-0:2.17.0-131.el9fdp | 2024-03-07 | redhat |
| redhat | openvswitch3.1-0:3.1.0-88.el9fdp | 2024-03-07 | redhat |
| redhat | openvswitch2.17-0:2.17.0-148.el8fdp | 2024-03-07 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openvswitch | 2.10.0+2018.08.28+git.8ca7c82b7d+ds1-12 ... 2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u4 (9 versions) | 2.10.7+ds1-0+deb10u5 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openvswitch | 2.15.0+ds1-2, 2.15.0+ds1-2+deb11u1, 2.15.0+ds1-2+deb11u2, 2.15.0+ds1-2+deb11u3, 2.15.0+ds1-2+deb11u4 | 2.15.0+ds1-2+deb11u5 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openvswitch | 3.1.0-2 | 3.1.0-2+deb12u1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openvswitch | — | 3.1.2-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openvswitch | — | 3.1.2-1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(8)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2023-53662025-10-02
Openvswitch don't match packets on nd_target field
- Red HatRHBA-2024:1226MODERATE2023-09-26
RHBA-2024:1226 — Moderate
- Red HatRHBA-2024:1228MODERATE2023-09-26
RHBA-2024:1228 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:1227MODERATE2023-09-26
RHSA-2024:1227 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:1234MODERATE2023-09-26
RHSA-2024:1234 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:1235MODERATE2023-09-26
RHSA-2024:1235 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-6514-1MEDIUM
Open vSwitch vulnerability
- UbuntuUSN-6690-1MEDIUM
Open vSwitch vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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